DIY Kitchen Fixes

Five practical fixes to save space and beautify your kitchen.

Meal Kits: From Good to Worse

This week’s mission: Just add chicken to two different premade dinners.

How to Keep Guests Out of the Kitchen

And understand why they’re in there to begin with.

Ginning Up the Gin Market

Is the gin renaissance a false phenomenon?

From Tub to Mouth

This week’s mission: premade spreadable cheesecake filling and high-end mass-market soups.

Pancakes from a Can

This week’s mission: pancake batter in an aerosol can, and strawberry cereal.

From "Top" to Bottom

Talking to the second “Top Chef” contestant voted off the (kitchen) island.

Chronicles from a Pig Party

Our associate food editor goes to the Southern Foodways Alliance conference to celebrate the year of the pig and other Southern delights.

From the Alps to Your Apéritif

tails made with elderflower.

Dispatch from Terra Madre

Our food editor reports from Slow Food’s global get-together.

Rhubarb and Strawberry Compote

A classic springtime pairing with a hint of lemongrass.

Banana and Fromage Blanc Grilled Cheese

Cinnamon raisin bread just found two new buddies.

Where Does Your Wine Come From?

Real places versus dreamed-up marketing ploys.

Where Does Canola Oil Come From?

The origins of the controversy-plagued oil.

Lifting the Curse from the E.U.

Chef Akhtar Nawab talks about making over the formerly troubled New York gastropub.